CVE-1999-0732 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Debian smtp-refuser package, where its logging facility can be abused by local users to delete arbitrary files through symbolic link manipulation. This vulnerability is rated as LOW severity (CVSS 2.1) due to requiring local access and having a low impact (partial integrity loss). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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